2016-17 La Liga
| Season | 2016–17 |
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| Matches played | 259 |
| Goals scored | 758 (2.93 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Lionel Messi (23 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Atlético Madrid 7–1 Granada (15 October 2016) |
| Biggest away win |
Alavés 0–6 Barcelona (11 February 2017) |
| Highest scoring |
Sevilla 6–4 Espanyol (20 August 2016) |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Barcelona Real Madrid |
| Longest unbeaten run | 19 matches Barcelona |
| Longest winless run | 18 matches Osasuna |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches Osasuna |
| Highest attendance | 98,485 Barcelona 1–1 Real Madrid (3 December 2016) |
| Lowest attendance | 3,576 Eibar 1–0 Valencia (27 August 2016) |
| Total attendance | 7,191,922 |
| Average attendance | 27,875 |
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← 2015–16
2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 7 March 2017.
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The 2016–17 La Liga season, also known as La Liga Santander for sponsorship reasons, is the 86th since its establishment. The season began on 19 August 2016 and will conclude on 21 May 2017.
Barcelona are the defending champions.
The Spanish top flight dropped the sponsorship from BBVA and will now be called LaLiga while the second division will be called LaLiga2. The league made this change to maximize the LaLiga brand. Because of the sponsor change, Konami's well-known football-based video game Pro Evolution Soccer lost the license for Spain's top tier football league, and the license was taken over by EA's FIFA.. On 20 July, Banco Santander was appointed as new sponsor.
A total of 20 teams will contest the league, including 17 sides from the 2015–16 season and three promoted from the 2015–16 Segunda División. This will include the two top teams from the Segunda División, and the winners of the play-offs.
Deportivo Alavés was the first team from Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a ten-year absence from La Liga, on 29 May 2016 after winning 2–0 against CD Numancia.CD Leganés was promoted as the runners-up after winning 1–0 at CD Mirandés in the last match-day, on 4 June 2016. This was Leganés' first promotion to the top division.CA Osasuna was the last to be promoted after beating Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Girona FC in the play-offs. The Reds come back to La Liga two years after their last relegation.
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